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Company · Birchington

The Powell-Cotton Trust

Museums activities

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 12

  1. Professor Samuel Thomas Turvey 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Dr Matthew Whittle 2024-2025 Director View profile
  3. Thomas Toby Devine 2018-2019 Director View profile
  4. Gregory Nathan Redwood 2018-2025 Director View profile
  5. Andrew Donald Harrison 2018-2024 Director View profile
  6. Clare Alexandra Sabin 2016-2025 Director View profile
  7. Martin George Edmund Rowson 2016-2019 Director View profile
  8. Dr Chris James Spring 2016-2018 Director View profile
  9. George Oscar Herford 2016-2016 Director View profile
  10. Professor Garry Robert Marvin 2016-2025 Director View profile
  11. Dr Matthew Skinner 2016-2020 Director View profile
  12. Charles Hibberd 2016-2017 Director View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Museums activities; Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions
Incorporated
04/01/2016
Registered office
Birchington
Also a registered charity
The Powell-Cotton Trust
Previous names
The Powell-Cotton Museum (until 09/04/2019)

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The Powell-Cotton Trust on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

3 other companies in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Grants received

1 grant · £48,300 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £48,300

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £48,3002010-12-16
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

6 directors on the board

1.6y median 1.3y
average tenure
2.5y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

0
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Property 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Gaps to watch

  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
09934968
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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